Sports
In 2022 she laid her tennis racket down, stepping away from the sport with 23 Grand Slam singles titles to her name.
Serena Williams
After this date listed on a milk carton, don't drink it! Throw it out!
expiration
When playing this card game you are meant to make a certain face
poker
St. Louis, Missouri's sister cities include this city in Senegal
St. Louis
This right-wing podcaster was killed
Charlie Kirk
An adjective for stored energy shelters this outdoorsy & collapsible domicile
a tent (potential)
I think I'll dunk my Double Stuf version of this cookie in milk
Oreo
This short-lived two sport superstar climbed walls for the Royals and flattened defenders as a Raider.
Bo Jackson
Graph the equation y = x2 and you get this type of curve
This game includes skip cards & draw 2 cards, & it makes you say its name just before you win
UNO
The Sahara Desert derives its name from an Arabic word meaning this
desert
The lives lost in this terrorist attack were commemorated
9/11
The capital of Uzbekistan contains this last name of comic book Kansans Martha & Jonathan
Kent (Tashkent)
I crave a Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich: a fried chicken breast served between these
donuts
This basketball ploy, when a player sets a screen & then receives a pass
pick and roll
Sanctioning is a synonym for this word, also what you want to happen to your parking ticket at a fancy shopping mall
validation
This single-player card game's objective is to arrange the cards in some systematic order or, in a few cases, to pair them off in order to discard them
Solitaire or Patience
This Beyonce album's title comes from Jay Z' grandma, shown saying, "I was served lemons, but I made lemonade"
Lemonade
This political event occurred when Congress and the president failed to pass a funding bill, forcing many federal agencies to close and furloughing hundreds of thousands of government workers.
2025 government shutdown
A small flowing body of water contains this, 500 sheets of paper
I could really use a deep-fried one of these candy bars whose name also means "disrespectful laughs"
Snickers
This opportunity opened for college athletes on Oct. 15, 2018 to whisk them away to new schools
Transfer portal
This type of institution could be called a monk-y house
monastery
Think hard! This kids' game where you match pairs is also called Memory
Concentration
The major powers of Europe were involved in this war that lasted the 7 years between 1756 & 1763
Seven Years War
This streamer started a 30-day streaming marathon with the aim of hitting 1 million Twitch subscribers (nicknamed the begathon)
Kai Cenat
A word for an underground cemetery hides this Mexican food offering
taco (catacombs)
I'm going to make Rice Krispies Treats; I've got butter, Rice Krispies & 4 cups of miniature these
marshmallows
At the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game both teams wore the uniform of this star, then on trial in Russia
Britney Griner
Psychologist Abraham Maslow created one of these ranked systems "of needs"
hierarchy
This Russian roulette style game challenges players to avoid drawing one card that eliminates them, unless they can defuse it with belly rubs or laser pointers
Exploding Kittens
If you want to go to this country that was once part of the Gold Coast, fly into Lome
Togo
A 15-year old runaway's body was found in the trunk of a car registered to this singer.
A number above a trillion is pierced by this, a product you can get from DeWalt
drill (quadrillion)
I'll refresh myself with tzatziki, a Greek dish made from yogurt & this green gourd
cucumber